Speaking of fav books by ZG, I'd like to start a discussion of the group on other fav authors who were contemporaries of ZG. I'm a collector of books by certain writers of the same era as ZG. They hold the same moral values, their descriptions of landscapes, their soaring imaginations when exploring space, or underwater, or jungle kingdoms are uncomparable. These are classics.
Edgar Rice Burroughs Jules Verne Edgar Allen Poe CS Lewis HG Wells Mary Shelley and so many more that I am forgetting. Just think of the unknown worlds that they've explored. Even before space travel! Exploring other dimensions. Other science. Without these writers sparking our imaginations, would we have landed on the moon as quickly? Would science have gone so far in cloning experiments? Imagination is a gift. It's also something that is slowly being lost in this age of GameBoys, etc. When was the last time you saw kids out in the yard playing cowboys and Indians? Playing Tarzan when playing in the woods, swinging from monkey vines, climbing trees? Playing in the kitchen, stirring mud and water, and spices and flour that you found in mom's cupboards pretending you were a scientist? Setting in a cardboard box, and pretending you were on a rocket ship to Mars? Imagination. Get your kids out of the house, away from the tv. Away from the computer. Push them out the door, take them for a walk in the woods and let them actually PLAY! Take away the beeping, lit up, noisemaking toys. Teach them to use their imagination. be blessed, Shenandoah ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/1CbqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zanegrey/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
